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Senior Product Marketing Manager- Multicloud Infrastructure

Senior Product Marketing Manager- Multicloud Infrastructure

Illinois StaffingChicago, IL, US
2 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Product Marketing Manager

Remote United States

Cisco Security & Infrastructure seeks a Product Marketing Manager with deep technical expertise and phenomenal storytelling skills in virtualization and containerization platforms to drive go-to-market strategy for next-generation multicloud infrastructure solutions that bridge traditional and modern application environments.

Join an enterprise security and infrastructure leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and impact.

Your Impact

You'll be the critical bridge between engineering innovation and market success, translating complex infrastructure capabilities into compelling value propositions. This role demands someone who can engage with enterprise architects on technical transformation challenges while crafting strategic narratives that resonate with C-level executives facing infrastructure modernization decisions. You are primarily responsible for external-facing activities ensuring your product's market success and understanding key industry trends and your customers' struggles. You will work closely with sales, campaigns, and customer success teams to ensure your product positioning resonates with target customers, driving product visibility, adoption, and overall success.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Develop Go-to-Market Strategy for new and existing products
  • Customer-Centric Product Evolution
  • Develop Core Product Positioning, Messaging, and Differentiators
  • Enable Sales and Partners
  • Conduct Market Research
  • Influence Partners, including Executives

Minimum Qualifications :

  • 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure / platform technology with at least 5 years in product marketing or technical product management
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent technical experience
  • Hands-on experience with both VMware vSphere / ESXi and Kubernetes / OpenShift environments
  • Proven track record working with enterprise customers on infrastructure modernization initiatives
  • Deep understanding of application architectures, infrastructure dependencies, and platform integration challenges
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Direct experience with infrastructure transformation and application modernization projects
  • Knowledge of specific technologies : vMotion, Storage vMotion, Kubernetes operators, Helm charts, persistent volumes, and CNI plugins
  • Understanding of enterprise concerns : compliance, data gravity, licensing optimization, and TCO modeling
  • Experience with related technologies : Tanzu, Anthos, AWS Outposts, Azure Arc
  • Experience presenting to business and technical audiences at conferences like KubeCon, VMworld, or Red Hat Summit
  • Experience speaking publicly to an executive-level audience
  • Product marketing experience
  • MBA
  • Strong project execution skills, attention to detail, and a risk-mitigation mentality
  • Self-motivation and partnership a strive to find new and innovative solutions
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills in customer-facing roles
  • Ability to lead and influence via persuasion, perseverance, and energy to drive consensus across functions and teams
  • Collaboration with internal and external partners
  • Critical Success Factors :

  • Anticipate customer objections around platform compatibility, performance considerations, and operational complexity
  • Build trust with skeptical infrastructure teams who've experienced failed transformation initiatives
  • Create compelling business cases that justify infrastructure investments
  • Navigate complex enterprise procurement cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Balance technical accuracy with accessible storytelling
  • Why Cisco?

    At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

    Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and / or Canada :

    The starting salary range for this position is $196,000.00 to $247,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and / or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and / or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

    U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

    Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.

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